Malta Political Declaration on European Islands Following on from the Smart Islands Initiative, spearheaded by island local and regional authorities of the Members States signing the Smart Islands Declaration, momentum …
4th Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference, Glasgow If the potential of the blue economy is to be realised, strategy must be based on local need and local communities must be key …
‘Small Islands are “the agents of change” that can be trusted to make the low carbon revolution happen in Europe’ declared Brendan Devlin, Special Adviser to DG Energy, at our …
Islands: Part of the solution to Europe’s 2030 Climate and Energy Challenges As Europe moves towards the implementation of its 2030 climate and energy agenda and the broader Energy Union …
Brexit: a bad choice is no excuse for not moving towards zero waste Joan Marc Simon of Zero Waste Europe says that it doesn’t have to mean the end of …
Orkney’s naval past is very much in the spotlight at the moment. However its future as a local hydrogen economy is also firmly in focus, with the recent launch of the ‘BIG HIT’ hydrogen project. This major EU-funded project …
Mull and Iona Sustainable Transport wins Rural Innovators Award 2015-16 for Transport MIST’s aims to reduce CO2 emissions and dependance on fossil fuel on Mull and Iona, have been recognised …
SMILEGOV Summary Report for Scottish Island Federation AGM December 2015, Terry Hegarty, SMILEGOV project officer The Scottish Islands Federation (SIF) has recently completed involvement in a 30 month European project …
Argyll and Bute Community Renewables Opportunity Portal (CROP) now up and running, is providing a really successful model of presentation and integration of renewable energy information for use by community …
OFGEM have just opened a new and important consultation on how they should respond as a regulator to the emergence of ‘Non-Traditional Business Models’ or NTBMs. The consultation will close …
